make run for it before getting caught in that rain. along with the rain, still seeing cooler temperatures. >> ed greene is keeping track. wean it's sunny downtown but it looks like things are getting exciting to the south. >> exactly rifle we do see some showers and thunderstorms. we had cloudy skies at about 3:00. and now watch how the storms move over our area, drop a little rain in the showers and thunderstorms there. clouds dissipating, now sunshine back in the city. as you look to the west, here comes another surge of moisture. that's gonna push into the area as well. and as you said, we have the ier showers and thunderstorms over the south eastern section of the state. downtown, sunshine right now. that's going to change, storms late, after midnight.

have a little bit of rain shower. 22 degrees cooler in grand junction. 11 degrees warmer in trinidad! some of these storms just continue to push across. and by 6:00 am, cloudy skies and a little snow in the higher elevations. as we look at what we've got going on, showers and thunderstorms there, then we're clear, here come some more! we're not out of but we start to warm up just in time for your weekend. arapahoe county deputies are looking for two men seen in these pictures accused of stealing a broncos player's helmet. donald trump is in aspen

earlier today he was meeting with african american and hispanic republicans. >> they will be trying to appeal to hispanics and african american women. >> reporter: some of these cochairs have their work cut out conversation focused on what trump believes and the issues rather than some of his recent comments. >> reporter: donald trump met with a group of african american and hispanic republicans working with the gop. it is the l move in the campaign's week-long effort to reach out to minority voters. >> we're making it a very important part of our speefrps and mrs.. -- speeches and process. >> reporter: the campaign also

see trump's message throughout the state. businessman floyd tuhio will focus on hispanics. he says education is critical for latinos. >> that's the biggest thing. look at education, that's a big one for me. denver is 38% hispanic. k-12 is 60% hispanic. of those 60%, 50% will drop out >> reporter: former state representative dj nichol will focus on women voters. she said she thought he didn't respect women. her strategy includes arc pointing women in each -- appointing women in each county to take trump's message across the finish line. >> to get a message out there to their compliants, let's help people understand who donald trump is apart from the splashy headlines and try to help them understand what it is he would do to help families.

delve further into race and policy next week when he talks about immigration in phoenix. hillary clinton was accusing trump today of spreading racism by pandering to the alt right movement, associated with white supremacists and nationalists. >> trump is reenforcing harmful stereotypes and offering a dog whistle to his most hateful supporters. >> reporter: today her released a web video linking trump supporters to the kkk. trump says it's not racist to want to keep islamic terrorives out of the country or build a wall on the mexican border. denver facing a class action lawsuit over this homeless sweep. crews moved in to get rid of tents and is belongings that were lining the sidewalk there. howard nathan first reported on the

joins us now live from the denver rescue mission. >> reporter: here's that lawsuit now. items like these, personal items like these were removed back in march. seven months later, the people who own those item are still hurting and angry about it. one homeless man had documentation here. when he came back, it was gone. that's one reason among many this lawsuit, federal lawsuit, was filed was people. denver's homeless, either looking for a place to rest, foreyou're the city, you're looking for the way to remove an eyesore. the solution in march was a sweep that involved removing personal possessions. >> the city and county has no right to take our possessions or tell us that we have no place to camp. this is our home. >> reporter: the lawsuit timed this morning in federal court says the city used a camping ban

>> this has national implications. >> reporter: attorney williams filed a lawsuit saying constitutional rights were violated without due process. >> if these happened to nest le, exxon, and their property was seized without respecting their due process rights, the courts would be jammed up for the next 20 years in litigation. >> what was taken? >> all my documentation, my i.d., my birth certificate. without all of our documentation, we can't working we can't have a h for. equal rights is what i want. i'm a human being just like everybody else. >> reporter: the attorney agrees. >> we're giving to people who we step over, ignore, who we push aside in society access to justice in federal courts. >> reporter: my understanding from the city is that the city had not seen this. by now, thaven served and they should -- they have been served and they should have a comment about

a man in illinois is accused of sending threatening tweets to colorado state university of pueblo. he said he was upset after hearing about a lawsuit involving a former student. the suit was filed on behalf of former football player grant neal, kicked out of the school after being accused but not convicted of sexual assault. dalton hallsworth told investigators he felt express himself after hearing about the case. now he's facing felony charges. the colorado avalanche have a new head coach. >> patrick roy resigned earlier this month. just a few weeks before training camp. what do we know about the new guy? >> if you're not a hardcore hockey fan your reaction was, who? [ laughter ] >> three years ago, patrick roy was as big a name as the avs

this time they hope they have found a rising star in jared bednar. last year, he led the blue jackets affiliate to a championship. he coached in the minors for 14 years, six razz a head coach -- as a head coach, winning titles at two different levels. this will be his first stop of any sort in the nhl. sack coaches that didn't have head coaching experience. i look at the track record, and i place a lot of value on winning championships. and i know jared has won on the east coast and just won. it's tough to win in any league. >> mark crawford and bob hartley were first-time nhl coaches when they won with the

new details on the return of the ski train. service starts january 7th, runs through march 26th. it will offer roundtrips between union station and the resort saturday and sunday for three months. people are ready to ditch the mountain traffic. >> i think the mountains is dealing with that traffic. >> dallas tickets -- adult tickets start at $39 each way. there's a change in one of the metro area's most dangerous intersections. in a moment, why an insurance company snaumed these signs. -- installed these signs. >> how a $10 million project will change an important part of

off to the east. now sunshine. to the west here comes another

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a new sign alerting drivers at 50th and federal in denver to really watch out motorcycles. allstate installed the sign. it wants to help reduce the number of motorcycle crashes on all denver roads. this is one of the area's most dangerous intersections. >> there are three motorcycles to date -- motorcyclists killed, and we're trying to take that down to zero. >> last year the motorcycle deaths hit an all-time high in colorado, 104. the national park service is celebrating its 100th birthday. we put a list of all the fright sites here -- free sites here.

proud. [ laughter ] michael bennett talking about the importance of all the public hands in colorado. >> yesterday he took a lasting trip to show what is being done to improve the river. >> reporter: officials in eagle county realize how important the colorado river is to their economy. so they have been pouring millions of dollars into projects to make sure people can access this river. like fishermen. >> the last outfitters have seen an uptick in their business because of the new access points. the public feedback has been just outstanding. >> reporter: a few years back, eagle county leaders made improving this stretch of river a top priority. >> that they've done here is so important because they're creating much more public access. >> reporter: senator michael bennett joining representatives from several groups who have interest in what happens here. >> most of that use is concentrated here from upstream. >> you pointed out

point, this is the headwaters for the west, and is actually for america. and we've got to make sure that people downstream from colorado, senators downstream from colorado, recognize how important it is for us to be able to protect these watersheds. >> reporter: this last trip providing bebet an up-close -- bennett an up-close look at how the access points allow more people to enjoy the waters. >> working with elected leaders, it's better if you can corner them in a i have more fun going down a river than in a board room >> reporter: and the senator is hopeful this model that's been working so well in eagle county will be replicated elsewhere in colorado. new tonight, an owl rescue from a tricky situation in fremont county. deputies found it tangled in a fence. officer holer was able to get the owl

rehab center. cooler weather and rain tonight! >> that's right. we had some rain, sunshine now. but the rain is gonna be back. lots of sunny skies on the eastern plains. the clouds beginning to move into denver. and then here come the showers right behind it. we didn't see much in denver. just a few sprinkles. a little shower right there. got heavy as it moved to the east. you can see the showers and thunderstorms continuing there. sunshine here. off to the west, here these are really getting their act together. look how heavy they're getting, and they're all gonna just keep coming this way into the metro area. storms, a break, and is merstorms on the way. i think -- and more storms on the way; maybe till after midnight. all the blue coxs in the texas panhandle, flash flood watches and severe thunderstorm

afternoon, showers and thunderstorms once again. for saturday, much less in the way of storms. maybe an isolated storm, doesn't last long, that's about it. sunday to noon. cooler weather with this frontal system still hang over the front range. that's what we saw today. it is gonna slowly begin to move off to the east! these two highs are fighting each stationary. but the southwest will push that warm weather up into our area, and we will see that summer is not over! arkansas, louisiana, this coastal area, the last thing they need, showers and heavy thunderstorms and that's exactly what they're getting. 71 degrees officially at the airport, 69 in denver, 47 is where we started out. 7 degrees off the 1910 record low. 64 and 59 right now. that's where they have

81% humidity, falling barometer. this is mt. evans peeking out behind that. both with a light dusting of snow. snow along the ridge here. this is breckenridge, beautiful day. temperatures mefrl in the 50s over -- mostly in the 50s over the eastern plains. out west, temperatures in the 40s, and 50s. and tomorrow, a little milder on the temperatures with 60s, 70s, now 80s showing up for the eastern plains. 60s for the mountains, out temperatures in the 70s and lower 80s. here is that denver forecast. for tonight, scattered thunderstorms rurnl. they'll continue to -- return. they'll continue to rumble through the overnight hours. a little milder in the mid-70s, and for the next several day, drier and warmer. more sunshine. we push it back into the 80s for the weekend. 90 for the 1st of next week. >> and toward labor day, we hope it holds out! how the broncos plan to

this season. >> jared bednar weighs in on

avs have a lot of young players. and now a coach who's used to dealing with young players! >> options for choosing at this point were pretty limited. but they wanted to go the ahl. >> an up and comer. >> that's what they're calling 15th in franchise history going back to quebec. he played in the minor, and coached for 14 years, 6 as a head coach, winning championships at two different levels in the hockey minor leagues. the most recent one was just a couple months ago with the lake erie monsters of the american hockey league. the avs view him as an up and coming

>> bednarcar said -- >> i think you have have to voters game is getting faster every day, and i think you have to play an up-tempo style. you have to attack, and that's just not offensively but defensively as well. i think that that for us should be set from day 1 in the tempo and the pace we play with, and the aggressive style that i would like to play. >> do you like the hire? we added the no idea option. if you aren't ready to commitment commit. broncos, how many games would you say the defense won last year? at least half? definitely the super bowl! and mostly with peyton manning running the offense. it seems like the broncos will have to rely on their defense again this

broncos still haven't named a starting quarterback! all signs pointing to trevor siemian at this point. and if that's the case, you're talking about a guy who's never thrown a regular season pass in the nfl. still the broncos defense confident they can carry their workload vm. >> i think we're better as a group. and another part of, we don't want to rely on the defense too much. i think we got comfortable with that last ye >> like last year, our team didn't worry about even the other side of the ball. they worried about how well they play. and that's what we want to do. we gotta outplay the other team's defense. >> r

thomas. it pretty much said it all. we asked him about it anyway. >> oh, that didn't work either. [ laughter ] >> finally, maybe demarcus ware and shane ray settling some sort of bet after practice today? maybe? do we have that video? manuel sanders captured it on camera, here it is! the race between the old man and the young gun. it was a photo finish between ware on the left, and ray on the r both sides claimed victory! [ laughter ] >> in the review, it was shane ray by a little bit. but ware is a future hall-of-famer. so we're gonna say he won. >> did i see a little bump in there? >> and ware having a bad back, not the time to be facing a young guy. but demarcus getting after it! [ laughter ] a pharmaceutical company boss defends the soaring price of the life-saving epipen. but the company says it's also

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italy now says 250 people at least have been killed in the earthquake that hit two nights ago. more than 365 are hurt. jonathan has the latest on the rescue operation >> reporter: emergency workers are going through mountains of debris, looking for signs of life. overnight, rescue teams pulled a victim out of the rubble. video from the italian fire service survivors of wednesday's massive 6.2 earthquake. rescuers won't say when the operation will move from saving lives to recovering bodies. hundreds of after shocks are hampering the rescue effort. in the hardest hit town, a strong tremor caused a news camera to shake, debris falling from already damaged buildings. [ crying ] >> reporter: a former teacher in amatrice broke down in tears

school. she has been unable to locate some of her former students. 11 people were killed in the town of achamoli. many poems were -- homes were completely levelled. even homes still standing have been deemed too dynergious to return to -- dangerous to return to. >> in the the rubble 72 hours after it hit. this is the news across america at 6:30. vice presidential candidate and indiana governor mike pence taking a break from the campaign trail to visit parts of his